VERB + GREASE
be covered in/with, be smeared in/with
After cooking bacon, my hands were covered in grease.
dissolve, remove
GREASE + NOUN
mark, spot, stain
PHRASES
a blob/smear of grease
ADV
well
lightly
Lightly grease the pan before pouring in the pancake batter.
noun
Animal fat in a melted or soft state.
Any oily or fatty matter.
Shorn but not yet cleansed wool.
Inflammation of a horse's heels, also known as scratches or pastern dermatitis.
Money.
Some of the people I talked to said it could be done—but it would cost big money. More grease than I’d ever dreamed of.
verb
To put grease or fat on something, especially in order to lubricate.
To bribe.
the greas'd advocate that grinds the poor
Then you remember we greased him to the tune of five hundred.
To cause to go easily; to facilitate.
To perform a landing extraordinarily smoothly.
To my amazement, I greased the landing despite the tricky crosswinds.
To extinguish the life of.
Effort or hard work, especially physical work involving repeated motion of the forearm, such as scrubbing.
It is astonishing what miserable saws are sometimes used by mechanics, or those claiming to be such. The only way they can be coaxed or driven through the wood is by having an enor
A mechanic, often with the specific connotation of an automobile mechanic.
If you appear like a tramp or grease-monkey how can you expect to meet the people who are able to support your business.
The person who complains or speaks up most loudly receives the redress or attention which they seek.
I think it's true what they say about the squeaky wheel / Always getting the grease
To bribe a person.
I was never guilty of disloyalty to King Lewis, but I killed my wife's mother, pardieu!—which the judge seemed to think almost as vile, till I sent a friend to grease his palm with
A bribe or extorted money, usually relatively small in amount, provided to a low-level government official or business person, in order to expedite a business decision, shipment, or other transaction, especially in a country where such paym
Critics say there is no distinction between extortion and bribery, and that the distinction between a payoff (illegal) and a "grease" payment made to speed along normal duties (leg
Some of the people I talked to said it could be done—but it would cost big money. More grease than I’d ever dreamed of.
Wiktionarythe greas'd advocate that grinds the poor
WiktionaryThen you remember we greased him to the tune of five hundred.
WiktionaryHis employee status didn't entitle him to one, but Magdy on reception would slip him a key if Sabr greased him with a fifty.
WiktionaryThe machine was clogged with grease.
Tatoeba · #20482That politician won't meet you unless you grease his palm.
Tatoeba · #68051i Register
In some senses, grease is marked as slang, informal. Watch for register when choosing this word.